Pediatric Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare infiltrative pulmonary disease characterized by deposition of microliths in the alveoli. In this case report, we present a case of a 5 year-old girl with complaints of common cold and loss of appetite. Chest radiograph showed innumerable small, dense nodul...

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Autores principales: Mehrian, Payam, Khalilzadeh, Soheila, Hassanzad, Maryam, Hasani, Zeinab, Nejad, Sabereh Tashayoie, Velayati, Ali Akbar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191486
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author Mehrian, Payam
Khalilzadeh, Soheila
Hassanzad, Maryam
Hasani, Zeinab
Nejad, Sabereh Tashayoie
Velayati, Ali Akbar
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description Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare infiltrative pulmonary disease characterized by deposition of microliths in the alveoli. In this case report, we present a case of a 5 year-old girl with complaints of common cold and loss of appetite. Chest radiograph showed innumerable small, dense nodules, diffusely involving both lungs. High-resolution CT scan illustrated widespread micro-nodular infiltration, diffuse ground-glass attenuation areas predominantly in upper anterior regions and septal thickening. Trans-bronchial biopsy confirmed the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-41532702014-09-04 Pediatric Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report Mehrian, Payam Khalilzadeh, Soheila Hassanzad, Maryam Hasani, Zeinab Nejad, Sabereh Tashayoie Velayati, Ali Akbar Tanaffos Case Report Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare infiltrative pulmonary disease characterized by deposition of microliths in the alveoli. In this case report, we present a case of a 5 year-old girl with complaints of common cold and loss of appetite. Chest radiograph showed innumerable small, dense nodules, diffusely involving both lungs. High-resolution CT scan illustrated widespread micro-nodular infiltration, diffuse ground-glass attenuation areas predominantly in upper anterior regions and septal thickening. Trans-bronchial biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4153270/ /pubmed/25191486 Text en Copyright © 2013 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Mehrian, Payam
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Pediatric Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report
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